{"product_id":"9780413460608","title":"Coward Plays: 1 Hay Fever; The Vortex; Fallen Angels; Easy Virtue","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWorld Classics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eCoward Plays: 1\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHay Fever; The Vortex; Fallen Angels; Easy Virtue\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNoël Coward\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first volume in the Coward Collection contains four plays written within a two year period when Coward\u003cbr\u003eand the century were still in their 20s. The volume is introduced by Sheridan Morley,\u003cbr\u003eCoward's first biographer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHay Fever\u003c\/i\u003e, a comedy of bad\u003cbr\u003emanners, concerns a weekend with friends of the Bliss family, who have\u003cbr\u003eall been invited independently for a weekend at their country house\u003cbr\u003enear Maidenhead. \u003ci\u003e The Vortex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewas a controversial drama in its time, introducing drug-addiction onto\u003cbr\u003ethe stage at a time when alcoholism was barely mentioned. \u003ci\u003eFallen Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, which is written for two star actresses\u003cbr\u003ewas described as 'degenerate', 'vile', 'obscene', 'shocking' - the\u003cbr\u003esecond half of the play is entirely taken up with an alcoholic duologue\u003cbr\u003ebetween the two women. \u003ci\u003eEasy Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegant, laconic tribute to a\u003cbr\u003elost world of drawing-room dramas, no other writer went more directly\u003cbr\u003eto the jugular of that moralistic, tight-lipped but fundamentally\u003cbr\u003ehypocritical 20s society. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He is simply a phenomenon, and one that is unlikely to occur ever\u003cbr\u003eagain in theatre history\" Terence Rattigan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 September 2009\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780413460608\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e322\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51515141587084,"sku":"9780413460608","price":32.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_28c6e3db-ad04-49d0-a792-5650689f1ed1.jpg?v=1784688362","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780413460608","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}